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08/08/2017, 11:39 PM | #1676 |
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Absolutely gorgeous Mark The tank is looking stunning! You must be pretty happy with how it's running!
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08/14/2017, 12:23 AM | #1677 |
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Pretty tanks deserve notice. Your tank is terrific.
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08/16/2017, 04:12 AM | #1678 |
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How is the reef going Mark, as well as it looks in those last yummy pics i hope
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08/16/2017, 08:17 AM | #1679 |
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Are you still dosing Lugols?
If so how much? Dosing anything else?
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08/17/2017, 05:20 PM | #1680 |
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wow looking great!
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Thankyou both, sorry for the delayed reply. I have top downs finally.
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08/27/2017, 02:27 PM | #1683 |
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Ok, whew, finally took some topdown shots. I'm pretty darn happy with everything.
Some background: So it's been a very busy summer. My son was bit badly by a dog on the face, numerous stitches, will have a scar but not too bad, nothing life changing or anything. He started college as well so we've been busy coordinating that. I put the tank on auto pilot with minimal maintenance, deciding to stick to what I knew worked and was needed and doing everything else as I had time. - I kept the skimmer cleaned and made sure it was skimming at a regular rate. - Made sure Alk stayed as close to 7.0 as possible. - Made sure I dosed the following every morning. 2 drops PhosphateRx 2 drops AF Vitality 2 drops MicroE Everything else was done in the afternoon when I had time and sometimes skipped for a few days. 1 drop ProBioS 2 drops Pohls extra special 2 drops CaNO3 If I thought things looked off I would do a small 2 or 3 gallon water change but so far I've only done two of these. I've tried to feed the tank coral food twice a week but there have been a few weeks where only a single feeding was done. So far the only negative thing I've noticed is recession in deeply shaded areas. The big Valida base has receded and 2 branches of the Katropora RTN'ed back to branch crotches and stopped (this was weeks ago). You would think things might not look so hot but these are some of the best top down's this tank has produced. The only frag added in the last year, that boring green one.
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08/27/2017, 02:28 PM | #1684 |
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I wanted to get a picture of the slimer but it's too big so i just gave up.
Same problem with the valida, just too darn big. I don't know what color this milli is. Reddish purple with all lights on, pinkish under blues.
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08/27/2017, 07:01 PM | #1685 |
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wow Mark, everything is looking great!!
How often are you feeding your fish?
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08/27/2017, 07:14 PM | #1686 | |
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08/27/2017, 08:34 PM | #1687 |
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How do you get such fantastic topdown shots?
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08/27/2017, 10:10 PM | #1688 |
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Your tank is looking great despite the minimal attention. I hope your son is doing well, that experience sounds horrible.
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08/28/2017, 05:07 PM | #1689 |
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You can be excused on your lack of updates Mark because that photo-bomb was just unreal!! The tank is looking splendid man!!
I hope your son has/had a speedy recovering! That would have been nasty, sounds like he had a pretty full on summer heading off to college as well!
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08/28/2017, 06:34 PM | #1690 |
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how long have you been dosing af vitality and why do you dose it?
I have it but have not dosed it in months.
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08/29/2017, 06:43 AM | #1691 |
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Hey Mark, same boat-- busy lately.. I had a quick look and your tank continues to shine!
Soonnice. I'll come back to droool more over the pics. Sorry to hear about your son! That kind of thing makes a parent crazy because there is noting you can do to control the situation.. hope he recovers well.. may I ask what type of dog bit him?
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08/30/2017, 04:16 PM | #1692 |
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Hi Mark , I am not happy hearing about your son bad experience and thanks God with not big issues to his face.
The tank looks great, as always. I can't remember, but from your postings on this page you are almost not doing water changes, correct? All the best to your son and wish him a fast recovery. Cheers Daniel |
09/01/2017, 05:36 AM | #1693 |
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Sorry it took so long to reply.
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09/11/2017, 05:34 AM | #1695 |
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So I often do things that make me question my sanity. I should preface this with tank is fine, no mistake that caused any issues but ...
I had been annoyed at how I was using more of the Alk two part than the Calcium. I think most people, at this point, would have quickly deduced that one of the dosers was off. Not me, no, I'd rather just complain about it rather than use logic! Since balancing out the dosers and raising calcium up to more normal levels I think I've seen a definite health improvement in a few acros. I believe this has been going on for at least 3 months based on left over calcium jugs. It was when the Alk ran dry with calcium having 1/4 left that I realized there might be an issue. And yet the tank looks better than it ever has, really enjoying the stability of careful neglect. (I say careful because I do visit the tank daily and do needed maintenance, it's not ignored).
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09/11/2017, 06:14 PM | #1696 |
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Calcium had dropped to 380 and I've raised it to 400 for now. The real question is how long had it been that low. I've had some LPS issues, and some base recession and branch death on a few acros but only in shaded areas. Could be related though, stress plus poor conditions usually equals trouble.
Yesterday was get the hands back in the tank day. My goal, besides trimming the weeds, was to toss corals / frags I that were not happy or colorful and move a few things around to capitalize on the minimal space. The Hawkins gets a spot up front after carefully removing all the Xenia that had grown around it. This was really fun since I did not remove it from the water. Amazingly it hardly lost any color, the brown being parts that were being shaded. The Red Robin was in a bad spot, being shaded by an acro above it and the Xenia. I turned this stick around and re-positioned (leaning on an acro that refused to cooperate) so that it's also right up front. Brown Robin I could not give up my only frag rack so i chopped up a rock/frag mag thing so it fit in the narrow space. Not quite natural looking but better than a black plastic rack. Might be feeding time. I want more of this little dude. It's grown a thick base at the same time it's started to branch out. This odd damage might be related to low calcium. The odd blue/grey streaks instead of solid green. Looks interesting, but not right. FTS You can see how the color is down a few notches, i figure it will take a few weeks to color back up.
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09/11/2017, 06:25 PM | #1697 |
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Hey, can you hand me that napkin next to you, I need it to wipe my drool!
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09/12/2017, 10:21 AM | #1698 |
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Still looking really good, Mark.
Still amazes me to back to the beginning of this thread and look at what's gone on and how the tank looks now.
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09/13/2017, 05:59 AM | #1699 |
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The growth is great Mark. Your fts is very pleasing because of how mature it looks. What fish do you have in there? What does your feeding schedule look like?
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Coral food is usually once a week using BRS Reef Chili. I have used other products but Reef Chili works and is the least expensive. I was a fan of Reef Roids but most of it ends up in the sump for some reason. Fish: One Spot Foxface Yellow Tang Kole Tang 2 Lyretail Anthias Sixline Wrasse Yellow Tail Damsel Coral Beauty Angel Flame Angel Blue Chromis Male and Female Clown (false percula) Midas Blenny 3 blue eyed cardinals Somehow this crazy mix just works.
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